The Giants must cut their active roster from 90 players down to 53 by 4 p.m. Saturday. So once Dave Gettleman and Pat Shurmur left Thursday night's preseason finale against the New England Patriots, it was right to work for the Giants' personnel department to identify their 53 best players.

Then between Saturday and Sunday the Giants are expected to be aggressive on the waiver wire, potentially poaching a player discarded from another roster -- which would then impact one of the 53.

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"We're gonna keep the 53 best, and then we're gonna work the waiver wire," Gettleman said on Thursday's TV broadcast.

On Sunday the Giants then would add a handful of unclaimed players they have released but still value to their own practice squad.

This is a difficult weekend for many players around the league, but the tough decisions are required to get clubs' rosters set for Week 1 of the regular season.

So here is a running tracker of the Giants' activity on Friday and Saturday to bring their 2018 team into focus:

Pat Leonard is the Giants/NFL beat writer and columnist. He has worked at the Daily News since May 2010 and covered the NHL's Rangers for five seasons. Pat graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2006.